Caring for planet is global necessity

I read a lot of letters in the Telegram & Gazette bemoaning the state of the world, but most of them seem to miss the point.

There are an awful lot of people on this planet, going on 7 billion, and we use a lot of resources and create pollution trying to stay warm, or cool, get to work, eat, take vacations, etc.

If we continue at the current rate, we will soon pollute the planet beyond a livable level and will all perish, or die fighting over what’s left of the world.

Only a coordinated and cooperative worldwide effort can enable us to transition to cleaner sources of energy, slow and then reverse the rate of population growth, make room for a few animals to survive, and fairly share the food and water on the planet.

We need to think globally and creatively work together, and this seems to scare many people. They call it socialism and many other names. I call it reality.